We have not known you as we ought nor bowed before your power The things of Earth have filled our thoughts and wasted many hours We have not feared you as we ought nor stopped to give you praise By countless words and deeds and thoughts your love we have betrayed Lord forgive us By the mighty cross And from above rain down your love Lord break our hearts by the grace you impart And give us strength to fight this war We have not served you as we ought Commands are left undone Our works with wickedness our fraud Our battles scarcely won We have not loved you as we ought Nor chearished saving grace Your presence we have coldely sopped The world we have embraced Lord forgive us By the mighty cross And from above rain down your love Lord break our hearts by the grace you impart And give us strength to fight this war Lord forgive us By the mighty cross And give strength to fight this war End